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10 The priest replied: “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here wrapped in a garment behind an ephod.[a] If you wish to take it, do so; there is no sword here except that one.” “There is none like it,” David cried, “give it to me!”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 21:10 Ephod: here an object or image large enough to conceal Goliath’s sword. Cf. Gideon’s ephod in Jgs 8:27.

David at Gath

10 That day David fled from Saul and went(A) to Achish king of Gath.

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10 And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

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